HELICOPTERS BUZZING LOWER BLUE MOUNTAINS

Hello and welcome back.... My morning was awash with the sound of Helicopters buzzing, if fact their was 2 of them. Both the same type of Helicopter.

They are McDonnell Douglas 500N type Helicopters, Rego No = VH-INY & VH-EPZ (may be more).

They are on loan by Endeavour Energy to check power lines in areas including Blue Mountains, South Coast, Sydney West, Hawkesbury (NSW to the Vic border).

These Helicopters are owned by Gunn Resources Pty Ltd according to Regosearch.com.

What makes these helicopters unique is the fact they don't have a tail rotor and sound similar to a washing machine or a strange vacuum cleaner (well, i think they do).


FREQUENCIES

Chatter between 2 pilots on 123.450Mhz

Air Clearance - 135.100

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SOUNDS LIKE A VACUUM CLEANER?    WHAT DO YOU THINK?


LINKS

Endeavour Energy info

https://www.essentialenergy.com.au/content/aerial-inspection

http://www.ausgrid.com.au/bushfirepatrols


Images/video taken by Michael Bailey

#BlueMountains
#EndeavourEnergy
#HelicopterSurvey

MARINE RESCUE NSW

Hello and welcome back... Might be quiet now but once the weather warms up, these guys and gals from Marine Rescue are flat out.

Volunteer Marine Rescue cover between Tweed Heads (North) to Bermagui in the South as shown below..

From their website =

Marine Rescue NSW is our State’s official volunteer marine rescue service, committed to our mission of saving lives on the water.

The State’s newest rescue service was established in July 2009 and officially took to the water on New Year’s Day in 2010, backed by our volunteers’ decades of experience in three former rescue organisations: the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Association, Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol and the NSW Volunteer Rescue Association marine fleet.

Unlike most emergency services, we are not a Government agency but an independent not-for-profit organisation. We receive generous support from the NSW Government and the boating community of NSW through a levy on boat licence and registration fees.

MRNSW has more than 3,000 volunteers in 45 strategically-located units on the NSW coastline and inland on the Alpine Lakes in the Snowy Mountains and the Murray River at Moama.

Our members are our greatest strength. Recognized for their marine knowledge, courage and community service, they are dedicated to helping boaters stay safe on NSW waterways.

MRNSW is a Registered Training Organisation and our members are professionally trained to national standards for their roles, both on and off the water.

Marine Rescue NSW saves lives on the water through our key services
1. Swift, coordinated 24/7 emergency response
2. The State’s only Log On and vessel tracking service for recreational boaters
3. A marine radio safety net, monitoring traffic along the NSW coastline around the clock
4. Boating safety education, including boat and jet ski licence and marine radio courses for local boaters

FREQUENCIES

Ch 16 VHF Marine radio = 156.800 (Distress, Safety and Calling)
Ch 88 (27mhz Radio) = 27.880

HF (Transmitts from Port Macquarie, Cottage Point (Hawkesbury river)
2.0334
2.182
2.1834
2.5254
3.7055 - Cronulla
4.1264
4.1474
6.2164
7.4055 - Cronulla

154.4125 - NSW Wide
154.450 = State Wide Simplex (ctcss 162.2)
154.575 = State Wide Simplex
154.625 = State Wide Simplex (ctcss 162.2)

156.575 - Various (Ch 15/71)
157.025 - NSW Wide (Ch 80)
161.450 - NSW Wide
161.550 - Various
164.650 - Bateman Bay, Barrenjoey (ctcss 162.2)
164.1875 - NSW Wide (ctcss 162.2)
165.025 - Maddens Plains
165.100 - Coffs, Bomaderry (ctcss 162.2)
168.300 - NSW Wide

461.80625 - Point Perpendicular 463.275 - Byron Bay


LINKS

http://www.marinerescuensw.com.au/

http://members.iinet.net.au/~mrnsw-bb/

http://www.marinetraffic.com/

http://www.marinerescuensw.com.au/component/content?id=79/


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#NSW Radio & Communications

Thanks to Marine Rescue NSW for photos, info, ect

SHORTWAVE SCHEDULES ONLINE

Hello and welcome back... A few posts back i featured the shortwave schedules app. Now you can use a website if you don't want to use an app.

Called http://shortwaveschedule.com/ you can find out who's transmitting now and on what frequency.

There are 4 tabs across the top with drop down access which includes... Find Frequencies, Top 40 Frequencies, Whats on this Frequency and On Air Now.

Check it out at = http://shortwaveschedule.com/

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#NSWRadio&Communications

ACCIDENT AT FAULCONBRIDGE NSW

Hello and welcome back... Bad accident at Faulconbridge, NSW. I heard the sirens and thought it must have been nasty... I was right.

Driver and a little one escaped injury with the road rail stopping the car from being crushed.

Photos courtesy of Facebook / Blue Mountains Gazette

AHHH, Thats Better... Up the right way

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